rpm Features

Show  contents of non-installed package:
> rpm -q -filesbypkg -p package_name.rpm

Extract RPM package files to current directory:
> rpm2cpio package_name.rpm | cpio -idmv

Create Maven Project in Eclipse from Existing pom.xml

If you want to create an Eclipse project from an existing pom.xml file, you cannot do it from the usual New --> Project ...

For some reason you need to import it:
File --> Import --> Maven --> Existing Maven projects

Maybe I'm wrong but with Ant you could create a new Ant project from an existing build.xml...